Flood Watch for Area Until 6 p.m. Thursday
The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for North Central and Northeast Texas including Hopkins and surrounding counties from 4 p.m. Wednesday until 6 p.m. Thursday. Rainfall Amounts of 1-1.5 inches on already saturated grounds will result in rapid runoff that may lead to flooding. A flood watch means that conditions are favorable for heavy rain which may lead to flooding of low lying areas.
Sammie Robnett Petross
Funeral service for Sammie Robnett Petross, age 91, of Yantis, TX will be held 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, March 3, 2018 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Travis Aven officiating. Interment will follow at Arbala cemetery with her grandsons and nephews serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 P.M. on Friday, March 2, 2018 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel. Mrs. Petross passed away on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at...
PJC Regents Leave Tuition Unchanged, Learn of Higher Student Success
Tuition and fees for the 2018-2019 Paris Junior College academic year will remain unchanged, the PJC Board of Regents decided at their meeting Monday evening. “We looked at the average tuition rates in the state of Texas and those of our surrounding colleges,” said PJC President Dr. Pam Anglin. “We recommend you do not increase tuition.” A comparison report drawn from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data...
Sheriff’s Department Releases Information on Murder in Hopkins County
According to Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum, his office received a call around 12:06 a.m. Wednesday morning from a female stating she had found her husband shot in their residence after she heard a gunshot. When deputies arrived on scene, they found a white male unresponsive in the residence. Justice of the Peace Brad Cummings pronounced the man dead at the scene. His body was transported to Dallas for autopsy. The female is in...
James Davis
James Davis, age 67 of Winnsboro, passed away on Monday, February 26th, 2018 in Quitman. He was born on February 11th, 1951 in Pittsburg to Joe Jack Davis and Maurine (Bellomy) Davis. James is survived by, his children, Maurine B. Davis, Vollie Joe Davis, Lou R. Davis and Delores J. Davis; grandchildren, Lewis Wayne Davis, Adriana Guiterrez; sisters, Caroline Ann Clarke, Mary Lou Campbell; nieces, Nicole Bilbao, Carey Bond, two great...
Como Man IDed by Game Camera Photo for Burglary of Building
A game camera provided Hopkins County deputies a picture of the individual that would shortly be charged with Burglary of a Building, a Felony 2. Josheua Lee Joiner, 18, of Como, was arrested around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday after deputies were called to a Smith Street address in Como. The burglary had taken place at some time Sunday, February 25, 2018. When the deputies were provided the picture, they located Joiner at his home on Mill...
Haystack Youth Choir, Sponsors Help Give NE Texas Kids a Brighter Easter
Portfolio Resident Services Provides Easter Baskets for Subsidized Families Across North East Texas Sulphur Springs, Texas (February 27, 2018) — In Spring of 2016 and 2017, Heartland Village Apartments partnered with Discovery Toys Independent Consultant Juli Woolley to provide Easter baskets for children living in their housing facilities. Businesses and individuals made cash and in kind donations to offset the cost of the...
Wildcat 2018 Football Schedule Released
Sulphur Springs Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Greg Owens released the 2018 Football Schedule on Tuesday. The Wildcats again will have a scrimmage with Liberty-Eylau as they have had for the past few years. This one will be at Prim Stadium on Friday, August 24 at 7 p.m. The following Friday on August 31, the Wildcats will open the regular season against Frisco Wakeland at Frisco Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats home opener...
Triple Overtime Loss for Wildcats at Regional Quarterfinal Game
The Wildcats’ basketball team came up short in their regional quarterfinal game against Prosper at Princeton Tuesday night but the Wildcats put up a tremendous fight in a triple overtime loss to the Eagles, 69-64. With the Wildcats trailing by three but hoping to get off a tying shot, Prosper got a big steal. A lay up was missed but a second Eagle grabbed the rebound and dunked the ball to give Prosper a five point lead....
